Word: knows
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Members of the class of 1917 must immediately return the post cards sent out, as it will otherwise be impossible to know how many men to provide for at the class dinner. If the postals have been lost, Sophomores should notify G. C. Canen '17, Randolph 17. Tickets may be obtained from the Union Leavitt & Peirce's of the following members of the committee: E. O. Baker '17, W. T. Barker '17, N. E. Burbidge '17, G. C. Caner '17, R. S. Cook '17, G. A. Parsons '17, A. O. Phinney '17, H. W. Minot '17, and J. I. Wylde...
This is only further evidence that, as the CRIMSON maintained in a recent editorial, students do not know how to study. It is a peculiar "school state of mind" which leads a man to bring his body to the class-room, while his brain is on the athletic field, or somewhere equally remote. He does not know among other things, the power of attention, effective note-taking, and a live intellectual curiosity in the lecture room as a time-saver in outside study. A recent case came before the Phi Beta Kappa scholarship bureau where...
...Under a rubric from Plato (unfortunately misprinted), in a manner than just avoids preciosity on the one hand and banality on the other, he describes the soul that lingers this side of the river of Lethe, unwilling to forget--what? A kiss. At last she resigns herself, compelled to know that "all souls turn to Lethe at the last, because it is not worth while to remember what others forget...
...specialists by the necessity of distributing some of their courses in other departments than their favored ones. Probably he will not succeed in convincing many readers that his fear is reasonable. His appeal to the example of our grandfathers seems singularly inapposite: to be sure, our grandfathers did not know the term "distribution," but they were required to study Greek, Latin, mathematics, logic, and other forgotten subjects...
...that the vigorous campaign of the Student Council against the abuses of the oral examinations in French and German has been quashed by the Faculty, it is only fair to the students at large that they should know the facts in the case. Even though this year's efforts have failed to bring about any reform of the system, a frank disclosure of the issues is worth making in order to arouse sentiment for a renewed agitation next year...